jeudi 27 février 2020

Champagne Drappier - Quattuor


Guide VERON des Champagnes 2017
(around 61 euros per bottle)

Original and luxurious bottle.

Aspect:

Golden, dense and brilliant.

Fine bubbles.

Refined and regular bead of foam.

Nose:

Generous from the first nose, thanks to the very low dosage of sulphur during production.

Heady harmony of yellow and white fruits, exotic fruits and white flowers, inimitable signature of the Chardonnay (25%), and of the three lost varietals (25% of Arbanne, 25% of Petit Meslier and 25% of Blanc Vrai), carefully selected in the terroir of Urville.

Radiant maturity, with its scents of honey underlined by delicate spices, due to three years of ageing on laths of the bottles, reinforced by the maturation of the expedition liqueur in oak barrels (only 4 g/L of sugar added at disgorgement).

Palate:

Pure opening, result of the rigorous selection of the first juices during the pressing of the grapes, enhanced by the bright minerality.

The delicious tension takes us into a remarkable complexity, obtained by the intervention of the natural yeasts of the grapes during the alcoholic fermentation of the base wines in vats, at low temperature (15°C).

Deliciously lively finish.

Impressive length on the palate.

With this cuvée Quattuor, Michel Drappier, its producer, was able to vinify with gentleness, without pumping nor filtration, rare varietals, to offer us a white Champagne from four unique white varietals.
To taste from aperitif to meal, to accompany a pot of scallops with seafood cream, for example.
Independent Champagne House from Urville since 1808, today directed by Michel Drappier soon joined by his children, Charline, Hugo and Antoine, eighth generation, the Champagne House Drappier tries its hardest to cultivate the 57 hectares of its vineyard in the greatest respect of the environment. A natural and controlled oenology allows to produce around 1.5 million bottles of genuine Champagnes per year, variations inspired around the noble terroirs of Champagne.

Champagne Drappier
Rue des vignes
10 200 Urville
France
Tel.: +33 (0)3 25 27 40 15
Fax.: +33 (0)3 25 27 41 19